" touchy "

1: easily offended;

  * e.g., " ... watch what you say around him, as he's very touchy about every little thing "

•  Synonyms : 

•  huffy,

•  tetchy,

•  thin-skinned,

•  ticklish

•  Antonyms : 

•  thick-skinned

2: requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling;

  * e.g., " ... money is a touchy subject for many people and shouldn't be discussed casually "

•  Synonyms : 

•  catchy,

•  delicate,

•  difficult,

•  dodgy,

•  hairy,

•  knotty,

•  nasty,

•  prickly,

•  problematic,

•  sensitive,

•  spiny,

•  sticky,

•  thorny,

•  ticklish,

•  tough,

•  tricksy,

•  tricky

•  Antonyms : 

•  fireproof,

•  incombustible,

•  nonburnable,

•  noncombustible,

•  nonflammable,

•  noninflammable,

•  unburnable

3: capable of catching or being set on fire;

  * e.g., " ... the experiment involves the use of some touchy chemicals, so caution is required "

•  Synonyms : 

•  burnable,

•  combustible,

•  combustive,

•  fiery,

•  flammable,

•  ignitable,

•  inflammable

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: showing feeling freely;

  * e.g., " ... she is too touchy-feely and he is too stiff-upper-lip for their relationship to ever work out "

•  Synonyms : 

•  demonstrative,

•  effusive,

•  emotional,

•  uninhibited,

•  unreserved,

•  unrestrained

•  Antonyms : 

•  inhibited,

•  reserved,

•  restrained,

•  undemonstrative,

•  unemotional